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Representative Line: HTTP 414: Way Too F#%&ing Long

Posted Tuesday June 10, 2008, 3:32 am, Over one day old
While no one is exactly clear on exactly how long "too long" is, I'm sure that most of us would agree that 255 characters are enough, 2000 characters are really pushing it, and 4000 characters are, without a doubt, Way Too F#%&ing Long.

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Do You Believe In Magic... Online

Posted Monday June 9, 2008, 6:53 am, Over one day old
In summary, after four years of development Wizards of the Coast has released a new version of a successful game with fewer features, worse interface, higher system requirements, and unproven scalability.  And now that it's done they're looking (not very far) for somebody to do it right.

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Announcement: Get the Mug

Posted Friday June 6, 2008, 3:32 am, Over one day old
The official The Daily WTF mugs have finally arrived! Either way, now's the time to get your own. I mean, so did... err, the can of pop, but I'm pretty sure you consider cans to be 'Non-WTF Drinkware.' To get your own The Daily WTF mug, just follow one of the PayPal links below.

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Tales from the Interview: IBM Survivor, The High Road, & Find the Function!

Posted Thursday June 5, 2008, 2:46 am, Over one day old
And although I didn’t get the job, I did learn a valuable lesson: just ignore it next time.   Find the Function! (from Ramiro Q) Not too long ago, my company was struggling to find an Actionscript developer, and finally came across a candidate with a rather impressive resumé: Mr.

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CodeSOD: wtflib.php

Posted Thursday June 5, 2008, 2:46 am, Over one day old
function truth($fieldValue) { if ($fieldValue == "no" || $fieldValue == "false" || $fieldValue == "off") { return false; } else { return $fieldValue; } } function unobscure($key) { global $obscureData; return urldecode($obscureData[$key]); }

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Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate? or Duplicate

Posted Wednesday June 4, 2008, 6:46 am, Over one day old
Once one had all the course punch cards, he’d wait in line to give them to central registration, who would then print off an official course schedule. Over the weeks that followed, Robert eagerly anticipated a “registration exceeded” letter – but, that letter never came.

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Error'd: On a Scale of 1052 to 1057

Posted Wednesday June 4, 2008, 6:46 am, Over one day old


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Deploy! Deploy! Deploy!

Posted Tuesday June 3, 2008, 2:32 am, Over one day old
One dev, using language that would make a sailor cry, told Daniil that he’d discovered a failed sell order that was now worth $5,000 less than it would have been just a few minutes ago. The error message would be displayed only after the order was already recorded, but not completed.

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Best of the Sidebar: There Will Be Some Benefit

Posted Monday June 2, 2008, 2:53 am, Over one day old


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CodeSOD: More Randomer

Posted Monday June 2, 2008, 2:53 am, Over one day old


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